Stories
Who is lurking in my family tree?
There's probably no way to dig into the history of a family without finding some really ugly things.
Pearl wedding earrings
I gave a pair of these earrings to a friend to wear at her wedding. She then wore them non-stop on her honeymoon, sending me selfies from exotic Greek locations.
Who made me?
Growing up, when we would visit my Scottish grandmother’s house, I would climb up the three flights of stairs to the tiny guest room at the top of the house, and from there, clamber through the small door halfway up the wall into the attic.
My favorite wooden spoon
A few weeks ago, while stirring Thanksgiving cranberry sauce, I realized how attached I am to the wooden spoon I was using.
Who made me?
Whenever the topic of my extended family comes up in conversation it doesn’t take long to confuse my friends. There’s a U-boat captain, a suffragette, and a whole bunch of missionaries.